Camera compressing video data

ABSTRACT

Provided is a camera. The camera further includes a motion area detection sensor that is configured to receive reflected wave signals by emitting radio frequency electromagnetic wave beam to each of divided areas set in a target capture region, determine whether motion has occurred in each of the divided areas depending on changes of reflection speed of each of the received reflected wave signals, generate motion information data based on the determination result, and input the motion information data into the controller. The controller is configured to compress a series of image frame data from the capturing unit according to the motion information data from the motion area detection sensor.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention is related to a camera, and more particularly, toa camera configured to compress video data generated while capturing avideo.

BACKGROUND ART

In general, cameras compress video data while capturing videos.Compressing of the video data includes predicting image motion byanalyzing a series of image frame data, and encoding the image framedata based on the predicted image motion.

Much computation operations are necessary to analyze the series of imageframe data and predict image motion. Therefore, since compression isperformed for a relatively long time, transmission of compressed videodata may be unstable when the compressed video data is streamed to anexternal device.

A representative example of a compression method is an encoding methodusing a group of pictures (GOP) in Motion Pictures Experts Group 1/2(MPEG-1/2).

For example, when a unit of GOP is 10 image frames, a first image frameis an intra frame, and second to tenth image frames are predicted framesand bidirectional frames.

An intra frame, which is referred to as ‘I frame,’ is a frame in whichoriginal image data is internally compressed according to the JointPhotograph Experts Group (JPEG) compression method. The intra frame hasa relatively large amount of compressed data

A predicted frame, which is referred to as ‘P frame,’ is obtained byperforming various computation operations to analyze image data ofprevious frames and predict image motion in a current frame, andencoding image data of the current frame based on the predicted motion.Therefore, data of the P frame is less than data of the I frame, butgeneration time of the P frame is longer than that of the I frame.

A bidirectional frame, which is referred to as ‘B frame,’ is obtained byperforming various computation operations to analyze image data ofprevious frames and image data of following frames and predict imagemotion of a current frame, and encoding the image data of the currentframe based on the predicted motion. Therefore, data of the B frame isless than the data of the P frame, but longer time is consumed togenerate the B frame than the P frame.

In summary, longer time is necessary to generate the bidirectionalframe, i.e., the B frame, and the predicted frame, i.e., the P frame.

Therefore, in order to compress video data, cameras in the related artrequire much computation processing to analyze a series of image framedata and predict image motion. Thus, since compression is performed fora relatively long time, transmission of compressed video data may beunstable when the compressed video data is streamed to an externaldevice. Also, restoration time may increase as much as increasedcompression time.

For example, when a surveillance camera compresses live-view video dataand transmits the compressed data to an external device, a user of theexternal device may not be able to watch a live-view video withoutbuffering.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Problem

Embodiments of the present invention provide a camera for compressingvideo data which is capable of reducing compression time withoutexpanding compressed data.

Technical Solution

According to an aspect of the present invention, a camera includes acontroller; a capturing unit; and a motion area detection sensor. Themotion area detection sensor is configured to operate under the controlof the controller, receive reflected wave signals by emitting radiofrequency electromagnetic wave beam to each of divided areas set in atarget capture region, determine whether motion has occurred in each ofthe divided areas depending on changes of reflection speed of each ofthe received reflected wave signals, generate motion information data ofthe determination result, and input the motion information data into thecontroller. The controller is configured to compress a series of imageframe data from the capturing unit according to the motion informationdata from the motion area detection sensor.

According to an embodiment, the controller is configured to output, fromamong the divided areas, image data of at least one divided area inwhich the motion has occurred is output as compressed frame data.

According to an embodiment, the motion area detection sensor comprises awireless transceiver and a motion area determinator, and the wirelesstransceiver is configured to convert digital transmission signals fromthe motion area determinator into the radio frequency electromagneticwave beam, receive the reflected wave signals by sequentially emittingthe converted electromagnetic wave beam to each of the divided areas ofthe target capture region, convert the received reflected wave signalsinto digital reflected wave signals, and input the digital reflectedwave signals into the motion area determinator.

According to an embodiment, the motion area determinator is configuredto generate the digital transmission signals according tosynchronization control signals from the controller and input thedigital transmission signals to the wireless transceiver, determinewhether the reflection speed has changed based on each of the digitalreflected wave signals received from the wireless transceiver, determinewhether motion has occurred in each of the divided areas based on thechange of the reflection speed, generate the motion information data ofthe determination result, and input the motion information data into thecontroller.

According to an embodiment, the controller is configured to input thesynchronization control signal into the motion area determinator,compress the series of image frame data from the capturing unitaccording to the motion information data from the motion areadeterminator, and from among the divided areas, output image data of atleast one divided area in which motion has occurred as compressed framedata.

According to an embodiment, the wireless transceiver comprises a phaseshifter and a phased array antenna, the phase shifter is configured toshift phase of each of radio frequency transmission signals that areinput, output the phase-shifted radio frequency transmission signals toeach of unit antennas of the phased array antenna, and receive radiofrequency reflection signals from each of the unit antennas of thephased array antenna, and the phased array antenna is configured tosequentially emit the electromagnetic wave beam according to the radiofrequency transmission signals from the phase shifter to each of thedivided areas of the target capture region, and output the receivedreflection signals to the phase shifter.

According to an embodiment, a number of the divided areas of the targetcapture region is the same as a number of phase shifts performed by thephase shifter during a cycle of a unit image frame.

According to an embodiment, the motion information data from the motionarea detection sensor includes phase shift values of the phase shifter;and logical values that indicate motion occurrence in divided areas thatrespectively correspond to the phase shift values.

According to an embodiment, in an image frame from the capturing unit, adivided area is set for each of the phase shift values of the phaseshifter.

According to an embodiment, the wireless transceiver comprises a digitalanalog converter (DAC), a radio frequency modulator, a circulator, asplitter-synthesizer, a phase shifter, a phased array antenna, anamplifier, a radio frequency demodulator, and an analog digitalconverter (ADC). The DAC is configured to convert the digitaltransmission signals from the motion area determinator into analogtransmission signals and output the analog transmission signals to theradio frequency modulator. The radio frequency modulator is configuredto increase frequency of the analog transmission signals from the DAC toradio frequency and output radio frequency transmission signals to thecirculator. The circulator is configured to output the radio frequencytransmission signals from the radio frequency modulator to thesplitter-synthesizer, and output radio frequency reflection signals fromthe splitter-synthesizer to the amplifier. The splitter-synthesizer isconfigured to split the radio frequency transmission signals from thecirculator by a number of unit antennas of the phased array antenna, andsynthesize the radio frequency reflection signals from the phase shifterand output the synthesized radio frequency reflection signals to thecirculator. The phase shifter is configured to shift phase of each ofthe radio frequency transmission signals from the splitter-synthesizer,output the phase-shifted radio frequency transmission signals to each ofthe unit antennas of the phased array antenna, and output the radiofrequency reflection signals from each of the unit antennas of thephased array antenna to the splitter-synthesizer. The amplifier isconfigured to amplify frequency of the radio frequency reflectionsignals from the circulator and output the frequency-amplified radiofrequency reflection signals to the radio frequency demodulator. Theradio frequency demodulator is configured to output base frequencyreflection signals to the ADC, wherein the base frequency reflectionsignals are obtained by decreasing the frequency of the radio frequencyreflection signals from the amplifier to baseband frequency. The ADC isconfigured to convert the base frequency reflection signals from theradio frequency demodulator into digital reflection signals and outputthe digital reflection signals to the motion area determinator.

Advantageous Effects of the Invention

The camera according to the embodiments of the present invention maycompress a series of image frame data from the capturing unit based onthe motion information data from the motion area detection sensor.

Therefore, in comparison to video data compression performed by camerasof the related art, it is unnecessary to analyze the series of imageframe data and predict image motion. That is, compression time maydecrease without expanding compressed data.

With regard to this, the camera according to the embodiment of thepresent invention may stably stream compressed video data to an externaldevice. Also, restoration time may be reduced as much as reducedcompression time.

For example, when a surveillance camera compresses live-view video dataand transmits the compressed data to an external device, a user of theexternal device may be able to watch a live-view video withoutbuffering.

Furthermore, from among the divided areas, the controller may outputimage data of at least one divided area in which motion has occurred ascompressed frame data.

Therefore, compression and restoration time may be further reducedbecause less encoding and decoding operations may be performed comparedto video data compression of the cameras of the related art.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a camera according to an embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram of a motion area detection sensor and a capturingunit of FIG. 1 operating with respect to an identical target captureregion.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the motion area detection sensor of FIGS. 1and 2.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a wireless transceiver of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for describing operations of a phase shifter and aphased array antenna of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for describing setting of divided areas in thetarget capture region applied to the motion area detection sensor ofFIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 7 is a diagram of location coordinates of the divided areas thatare set in the target capture region applied to the motion areadetection sensor of FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 8 is a table for describing motion information data from the motionarea detection sensor of FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 9 is a diagram of an example of logical values that indicate motionoccurrence in each of the divided areas of FIG. 7.

FIG. 10 is a diagram of respectively mapping of the divided areas of thetarget capture region applied to the motion area detection sensor topixels of the target capture region applied to the capturing unit.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for describing compression operations of acontroller of FIGS. 1 and 3.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for describing various applications of thecompression operations of FIG. 11.

BEST MODE

Hereinafter, one or more embodiments will now be described withreference to the accompanying drawings so that this disclosure will bethorough and complete, and will convey the inventive concept to one ofordinary skill in the art.

The description and the accompanying drawings are provided to facilitateunderstanding of operations according to the present invention. Thecomponents and features that are easily implementable by one of ordinaryskill in the art may be omitted.

Also, the present specification and drawings should not be construed aslimiting the present invention. The scope of the present invention isdefined by the appended claims. The meanings and concepts of terminologyused herein should be interpreted with regard to the technical conceptof the present invention so that the present invention is appropriatelydescribed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described withreference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a camera according to an embodiment of thepresent invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram of a motion area detection sensorand a capturing unit of FIG. 1 operating with respect to an identicaltarget capture region. In FIGS. 1 and 2, like reference numerals referto like elements.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a camera 1 according to an embodiment of thepresent invention is a camera including a controller 101 and a capturingunit 102. The camera 1 may further include a motion area detectionsensor 103.

The motion area detection sensor 103 operates under the control of thecontroller 101, and operates as below at every cycle of video frames.

First, the motion area detection sensor 103 may sequentially emit radiofrequency electromagnetic wave beam Stx on each of divided areas set ona target capture region 104 and receive reflected wave signals Srx.

Also, the motion area detection sensor 103 may determine whether motionhas occurred in the divided areas depending on changes of reflectionspeed of each of the received reflected wave signals Srx, and generatemotion information data of the determination result and input the motioninformation data into the controller 101. According to the presentembodiment, the reflection speed of each of the received reflected wavesignals Srx are expressed in frequency.

The controller 101 may compress a series of image frame data from thecapturing unit 102 according to the motion information data from themotion area detection sensor 103. According to the present embodiment,compressed video data Idc from the controller 101 is transmitted to anexternal device via communications network.

Therefore, the camera 1 according to the embodiment of the presentinvention does not need to analyze the series of image frame data andpredict image motion, unlike video data compression of cameras in therelated art. That is, compression time may decrease even withoutincreasing compressed data Idc.

With regard to this, the camera 1 according to the embodiment of thepresent invention may stably stream the compressed video data Idc to theexternal device. Also, restoration time may be reduced as much asreduced compression time.

For example, when a surveillance camera compresses live-view video dataIdc and transmits the compressed video data Idc to an external device, auser of the external device may be able to watch a live-view videowithout buffering.

According to the present embodiment, from among the divided areas, thecontroller 101 may output image data of at least one divided area inwhich motion has occurred as the compressed frame data Idc.

Therefore, compression and restoration time may be further reducedbecause less encoding and decoding operations may be performed comparedto the video data compression of the cameras of the related art.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the motion area detection sensor 103 ofFIGS. 1 and 2. In FIGS. 1 to 3, like reference numerals indicate likeelements.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the motion area detection sensor 103 of theFIGS. 1 and 2 includes a wireless transceiver 301 and a motion areadeterminator 302.

The wireless transceiver 301 performs the following operations.

First, the wireless transceiver 301 may convert digital transmissionsignals from the motion area determinator 302 into the radio frequencyelectromagnetic wave beam Stx, sequentially emit the convertedelectromagnetic wave beam Stx to each of the divided areas of the targetcapture region 104, and receive the reflected wave signals Srx.

Second, the wireless transceiver 301 may convert the received reflectedwave signals Srx into digital reflected wave signals and input thedigital reflected wave signals into the motion area determinator 302.

The motion area determinator 302 performs the following operations.

First, the motion area determinator 302 may generate the digitaltransmission signals according to synchronization control signals fromthe controller 101 and input the digital transmission signals to thewireless transceiver 301.

Second, the motion area determinator 302 may determine whether thereflection speed has changed based on each of the digital reflected wavesignals received from the wireless transceiver 301. According to thepresent embodiment, the reflection speed measured by the motion areadeterminator 302 is expressed in frequency.

Third, the motion area determinator 302 may determine whether motion hasoccurred in each of the divided areas based on the change of thereflection speed, and generate the motion information data of thedetermination result and input the motion information data into thecontroller 101.

The controller 101 may input the synchronization control signal into themotion area determinator 302, and compress a series of image frame datafrom the capturing unit 102 according to the motion information datafrom the motion area determinator 302.

According to the present embodiment, from among the divided areas, thecontroller 101 may output image data of at least one divided area inwhich motion has occurred as compressed frame data Idc.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a wireless transceiver of FIG. 3.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the wireless transceiver 301 includes adigital analog converter (DAC) 401, a radio frequency modulator 402, acirculator 403, a splitter-synthesizer 404, a phase shifter 405, aphased array antenna 406, an amplifier 407, a radio frequencydemodulator 408, and an analog digital converter (ADC) 409.

The DAC 401 converts the digital transmission signals from the motionarea determinator 302 into analog transmission signals and output theanalog transmission signals to the radio frequency modulator 402.

The radio frequency modulator 402 may increase frequency of the analogtransmission signals from the DAC 401 to radio frequency and outputradio frequency transmission signals to the circulator 403.

The circulator 403, which may also be referred to as a rat-race divider,outputs the radio frequency transmission signals from the radiofrequency modulator 402 to the splitter-synthesizer 404, and outputradio frequency reflection signals from the splitter-synthesizer 404 tothe amplifier 407.

The splitter-synthesizer 404 splits the radio frequency transmissionsignals from the circulator 403 by the number of unit antennas of thephased array antenna 406, and synthesizes the radio frequency reflectionsignals from the phase shifter 405 and output the synthesized radiofrequency reflection signals to the circulator 403.

The phase shifter 405 shifts phase of each of the radio frequencytransmission signals from the splitter-synthesizer 404 and outputs thephase-shifted radio frequency transmission signals to each of the unitantennas of the phased array antenna 406. Then, the phase shifter 405outputs the radio frequency reflection signals from each of the unitantennas of the phased array antenna 406 to the splitter-synthesizer404.

When the phase of each of the radio frequency transmission signals fromthe splitter-synthesizer 404 is shifted and the phase-shifted radiofrequency transmission signals is output to the unit antennas of thephased array antenna 406, the phased array antenna 406 may sequentiallyemit the electromagnetic wave beam Stx to each of the divided areas ofthe target capture region 104 and receive the reflected wave signalsSrx.

The amplifier 407 may amplify frequency of the radio frequencyreflection signals from the circulator 403 and output thefrequency-amplified radio frequency reflection signals to the radiofrequency demodulator 408.

The radio frequency demodulator 408 may output base frequency reflectionsignals to the ADC 409. The base frequency reflection signals may beobtained by decreasing the frequency of the radio frequency reflectionsignals from the amplifier 407 to baseband frequency.

The ADC 409 converts the base frequency reflection signals from theradio frequency demodulator 408 into digital reflection signals andoutput the digital reflection signals to the motion area determinator302.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for describing operations of the phase shifter 405and the phased array antenna 406 of FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a diagram fordescribing setting of divided areas in a target capture region 601applied to the motion area detection sensor 103 of FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 7is a diagram of location coordinates of the divided areas that are setin the target capture region 601 applied to the motion area detectionsensor 103 of FIGS. 1 and 2.

Referring to FIGS. 4 to 7, the phase shifter 405 shifts the phase ofeach of input radio frequency transmission signals and outputs thephase-shifted radio frequency transmission signals to each of the unitantennas of the phased array antenna 406. Then, the phase shifter 405receives radio frequency reflected signals Srx from each of the unitantennas of the phased array antenna 406.

Accordingly, the phased array antenna 406 sequentially emitselectromagnetic wave beam (Stx) 501 according to the radio frequencytransmission signals from the phase shifter 405 to each of the dividedareas of the target capture region 104 of FIGS. 1 and 2, and output thereceived radio frequency reflected signals Srx to the phase shifter 405.

Therefore, the number of divided areas of the target capture region 601applied to the motion area detection sensor 103 is the same as thenumber of phase shifts performed by the phase shifter 405 during a cycleof a unit image frame.

FIG. 8 is a table for describing motion information data 801 from themotion area detection sensor 103 of FIGS. 1 and 2.

Referring to FIG. 8, the motion information data 801 from the motionarea detection sensor 103 includes phase shift values of a phaseshifter, respective location coordinates of a divided area correspondingto each of the phase shift values, and logical values of frequencychange.

In this case, the frequency change indicates whether reflection speedhas changed, that is, whether motion has occurred in the divided areacorresponding to each of the phase shift values.

When the controller 101 of FIGS. 1 and 3 knows about the respectivelocation coordinates of the divided area corresponding to each of thephase shift values, the motion information data 801 may only include thephase shift values of the phase shifter and the logical values of thefrequency change.

FIG. 9 is a diagram of an example of logical values that indicate motionoccurrence in each of the divided areas of FIG. 7. Logical values “0”and “1” in FIG. 9 are the same as logical values “0” and “1” related tothe frequency change in FIG. 8.

Referring to FIG. 9, in a current compression target frame, motion hasnot occurred in divided areas with logic “0” and motion has occurred individed areas with logic “1.”

FIG. 10 is a diagram of respectively mapping of the divided areas of thetarget capture region 601 applied to the motion area detection sensor103 of FIGS. 1 to 3 to pixels of a target capture region 1001 applied tothe capturing unit 102 of FIGS. 1 to 3.

Referring to FIGS. 5, 9, and 10, for example, a first divided area R1 ofthe target capture region 601 applied to the motion area detectionsensor 103 is mapped to four pixels P1 to P4 of the target captureregion 1001 applied to the capturing unit 102.

That is, in the controller 101 of FIGS. 1 and 3, with respect to animage frame from the capturing unit 102 of FIGS. 1 to 3, a divided areais set for each of the phase shift values of the phase shifter 405.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for describing compression operations of thecontroller 101 of FIGS. 1 and 3. In FIG. 11, a reference numeral 601indicates a target capture region applied to the motion area detectionsensor 103 of FIGS. 1 to 3, a reference numeral 1001 indicates a targetcapture region applied to the capturing unit 102 of FIGS. 1 to 3, and areference numeral 1101 indicates compressed video data.

Referring to FIG. 11, a low compression rate is applied to a firstframe, even though motion has not detected from the first frame, becausethe first frame is a reference frame of a set cycle.

For example, the first frame is an intra frame of a group of pictures(GOP) in Motion Pictures Experts Group 1/2 (MPEG-1/2). As describedabove, the intra frame, which is referred to as ‘I frame,’ is a frame inwhich original image data is internally compressed according to theJoint Photograph Experts Group (JPEG) compression method. The intraframe has a relatively large amount of compressed data.

Next, motion has occurred in at least one divided area of second andthird frames, and thus, only image data of the divided area in which themotion has occurred is output as compressed frame data 1101.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for describing various applications of thecompression operations of FIG. 11. In FIG. 12, the encoding method usingGOP in MPEG-1/2 is used.

In FIG. 12, “I” indicates an intra frame that is referred to as ‘Iframe,’ “P” indicates a predicted frame that is referred to as ‘Pframe,’ “B” indicates a bidirectional frame that is referred to as ‘Bframe,’ and “M” indicates a motion frame according to an embodiment ofthe present invention.

With regard to the motion frame “M” according to an embodiment of thepresent invention, as described above, from among the divided areas,only image data of the divided area in which the motion has occurred isoutput as compressed frame data.

Referring to FIG. 12, in the case of using GOP 1201 of MPEG-1/2,relatively longer time is necessary to generate the bidirectional frame“B” and the predicted frame “P.”

With regard to a GOP 1202, 1203, or 1204 in which the motion frame “M”according to the present embodiment is inserted, compression speed mayincrease in proportion to an insertion rate of the motion frame “M.”

As described above, a camera according to the embodiment of the presentinvention compresses a series of image frame data from a capturing unitaccording to motion information data from a motion area detectionsensor.

Accordingly, in comparison to video data compression of cameras of therelated art, it is unnecessary to analyze the series of image frame dataand predict image motion. That is, compression time may decrease withoutincreasing compressed data.

With regard to this, the camera according to the embodiment of thepresent invention may stably stream compressed video data to an externaldevice. Also, restoration time may be reduced as much as reducedcompression time.

For example, when a surveillance camera compresses live-view video dataand transmits the compressed data to an external device, a user of theexternal device may be able to watch a live-view video withoutbuffering.

Furthermore, from among the divided areas, the controller may outputonly image data of at least one divided area in which motion hasoccurred as compressed frame data.

Therefore, compression and restoration time may be further reducedbecause less encoding and decoding operations may be performed comparedto video data compression of the cameras of the related art.

It should be understood that embodiments described herein should beconsidered in a descriptive sense only and not for purposes oflimitation. Descriptions of features or aspects within each embodimentshould typically be considered as available for other similar featuresor aspects in other embodiments.

While one or more embodiments have been described with reference to thefigures, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the artthat various changes in form and details may be made therein withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope as defined by the following claims.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The present invention is most likely to be applied to image processingdevices that are connected to cameras.

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 11. A camera comprising: a capturing unit; a motionarea detection sensor configured to receive reflected waves by emittingelectromagnetic waves to each of divided areas of a target captureregion, and generate motion information of each of the divided areasbased on an analysis result of the reflected waves; and a controllerconfigured to compress image frame data from the capturing unitaccording to the motion information
 12. The camera of claim 11, whereinthe controller is configured to output, from among the divided areas,image data of at least one area in which motion has occurred ascompressed frame data.
 13. The camera of claim 11, wherein the motioninformation comprises coordinates of the divided areas and logicalvalues that indicate motion occurrence at each of the divided areas. 14.The camera of claim 11, wherein the motion area detection sensor isconfigured to determine whether reflection speed of the reflected wavechanges, determine whether motion has occurred in each of the dividedareas depending on whether the reflection speed changes, and generatethe motion information.
 15. The camera of claim 11, wherein the motionarea detection sensor is configured to determine whether frequency ofthe reflected wave changes, determine whether motion has occurred ineach of the divided areas depending on whether the frequency changes,and generate the motion information.
 16. The camera of claim 11, whereinthe motion area detection sensor comprises: a wireless transceiverconfigured to convert digital transmission signals into radio frequencyelectromagnetic wave beam, receive the reflected wave by emitting theelectromagnetic wave beam to each of the divided areas, and convert thereceived reflected wave to digital reflected wave signals; and a motionarea determination unit configured to generate the digital transmissionsignals according to synchronization control signals from the controllerand input the digital transmission signals into the wirelesstransceiver, determine whether motion has occurred in each of thedivided areas based on a result of an analysis of the digital reflectedwave signals from the wireless transceiver, and generate the motioninformation.
 17. The camera of claim 16, wherein the wirelesstransceiver comprises a phase shifter and a phased array antenna, thephase shifter is configured to shift phase of each of input radiofrequency transmission signals, output the phase-shifted radio frequencytransmission signals to each of unit antennas of the phased arrayantenna, and receive radio frequency reflection signals from each of theunit antennas of the phased array antenna, the phased array antenna isconfigured to sequentially emit the electromagnetic wave beam accordingto the radio frequency transmission signals from the phase shifter toeach of the divided areas of the target capture region, and output thereceived reflection signals to the phase shifter.
 18. The camera ofclaim 17, wherein a number of the divided areas of the target captureregion is the same as a number of phase shifts performed by the phaseshifter.
 19. The camera of claim 18, wherein the motion informationcomprises: phase shift values of the phase shifter; and logical valuesthat indicate motion occurrence in the divided areas that respectivelycorrespond to the phase shift values.
 20. The camera of claim 19,wherein, an area corresponding to each of the phase shift values of thephase shifter is set in an image frame from the capturing unit.
 21. Thecamera of claim 17, wherein the wireless transceiver comprises: adigital analog converter configured to convert the digital transmissionsignals from the motion area determination unit into analog transmissionsignals; a radio frequency modulator configured to increase frequency ofthe analog transmission signals to radio frequency and output radiofrequency transmission signals; a splitter-synthesizer configured tosplit the radio frequency transmission signals by a number of unitantennas of the phased array antenna, output the radio frequencytransmission signals to the phase shifter, and synthesize the radiofrequency reflection signals from the phase shifter; an amplifierconfigured to amplify frequency of the radio frequency reflectionsignals; a radio frequency demodulator configured to output basefrequency reflection signals obtained by decreasing the frequency of theradio frequency reflection signal to baseband frequency; an analogdigital converter configured to convert the base frequency reflectionsignals into digital reflection signals and output the digitalreflection signals to the motion area determination unit; and acirculator configured to output the radio frequency transmission signalsfrom the radio frequency modulator to the splitter-synthesizer, andoutput radio frequency reflection signals from the splitter-synthesizerto the amplifier.
 22. The camera of claim 11, wherein the controller isconfigured to output, when the motion area detection sensor detectsmotion in at least one of the divided areas, a motion frame which isobtained by compressing the image frame data from the capturing unit andthat only comprises image data of a divided area where the motionoccurred.
 23. The camera of claim 22, wherein the motion frame isinserted to a group of pictures (GOP).
 24. A method of processing animage processing of a camera that comprises a capturing unit and amotion area detection sensor, the method comprising: receiving reflectedwaves by emitting electromagnetic waves to each of divided areas of atarget capture region, performed by the motion area detection sensor;generating motion information of each of the divided areas based on ananalysis result of the reflected waves, performed by the motion areadetection sensor; and compressing image frame data from the capturingunit according to the motion information, performed by a controller. 25.The method of claim 24, wherein the motion information comprisescoordinates of the divided areas and logical values that indicate motionoccurrence at each of the divided areas.
 26. The method of claim 24,wherein the generating of the motion information comprises determiningwhether reflection speed of the reflected wave changes, determiningwhether motion has occurred in each of the divided areas depending onwhether the reflection speed changes, and generating the motioninformation.
 27. The method of claim 24, wherein the generating of themotion information comprises determining whether frequency of thereflected wave changes, determining whether motion has occurred in eachof the divided areas depending on whether the frequency changes, andgenerating the motion information.
 28. The method of claim 24, whereinthe generating of the motion information comprises: converting digitaltransmission signals generated according to synchronization controlsignals from the controller into radio frequency electromagnetic wavebeam; receiving the reflected wave by emitting the electromagnetic wavebeam to each of the divided areas; converting the received reflectedwave to digital reflected wave signals; and generating the motioninformation by determining whether motion has occurred in each of thedivided areas based on a result of an analysis of the digital reflectedwave signals.
 29. The method of claim 24, wherein the compressing of theimage frame data comprises outputting, when motion in at least one ofthe divided areas is detected, a motion frame which is obtained bycompressing the image frame data from the capturing unit and that onlycomprises image data of an area where the motion occurred.
 30. Themethod of claim 29, wherein the motion frame is inserted to a group ofpictures (GOP).